Outreach to Low-Income Homebound Older Adults to Increase Access to COVID-19 Self-Test Kits, Missouri, 2022.

Skinner, Karen E; Stoever, Anneliese; Zakibe, John R; Butler, Taylor; Kreuter, Matthew W · Am J Public Health · 2024

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COVID-19 self-test kits were distributed to low-income, older adults (n = 2532) with their home-delivered or congregate meals in May 2022. Later, a convenience sample (n = 1108) were contacted for follow-up, and 606 (55%) were reached. Among 79% who remembered getting the test, only 34% already had a test kit, but nearly all liked receiving it (91%) and reported they would use or had used it (93%). Partnering with meal-delivery service providers was feasible to increase access to COVID-19 self-tests for low-income older adults. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(S1):S65-S68. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307485).

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